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Founding Meeting

When
21 December 1816
Where
Davis Hotel
Part of
American Colonization Society established in Washington, D.C.

The American Colonization Society was officially established at the Davis Hotel in Washington, D.C., on December 21, 1816.

At the inaugural meeting, Reverend Finley suggested establishing a colony in Africa to take free people of color away from the United States. The society was founded to address the prevailing view that free people of color could not integrate into U.S. society.

Sources

  1. American Colonization Society Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-06

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